What’s gobbling up your technology budget?

In 2012, the average Canadian household spent $185 a month on television, Internet, landline and cellphone expenses, according to the country’s telecom regulator.

That breaks down to $67 a month on cellphones, $31 on Internet, $52 on television and $35 on landlines, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission said in its annual report on the sector published in late September.

Movie rentals Options abound from video-on-demand services from your cable provider and iTunes to rentals through your Xbox or PlayStation game console. Prices range from $0.99 for older titles up to $8 for new releases in HD.

Online radio Services like Rdio and Slacker Radio are available in Canada with subscriptions ranging from $4 to about $10 to stream music on your computer and your mobile device.

IP Address Switching Services that provide you with a U.S.-based IP address to get around regional blocks on content carried by sites like Netflix or Hulu charge about $5 a month.

Digital subscriptions Newspaper and magazine sites offer full online access that can be bundled with the cost of the print version. Rogers will launch Next Issue Canada in the coming months for Canadian users, providing access on your tablet to more than 100 popular magazines for $10 and a premium version that includes weeklies for $15.

Satellite radio Sirius XM Canada Inc. has 2.3 million Canadian subscribers, 1.7 million of which pay for their full account and are not on any type of promotion. Plans vary, but an annual package for more than 120 channels plus Internet radio works out to about $21 a month.

Voice-over-IP calling Skype offers free Internet calls as well as the ability to call landlines and cellphones from your account for a fee: Packages include unlimited U.S. and Canada calls for $2.99 a month, North America for $7.99 and globally for $13.99 a month.

Upgraded Internet packages The bevy of online services families are using can tear through the cap on many Internet plans, forcing upgrades. The CRTC says a 20GB cap on wireline Internet will last through 68 hours of Netflix on the basic quality setting or seven hours of highest quality before reaching capacity. It will accommodate 13 hours of Rogers Anyplace TV, 45 hours of Global TV, 33 hours of HD YouTube videos or 304 hours of Slacker Radio.

Premium channels Binge viewing on Netflix may be increasingly popular but we’re not finished with appointment viewing just yet (think last Sunday’s Breaking Bad series finale). Since you can’t select them on an a la carte basis and must subscribe to a basic package with certain mandated channels, accessing premium services like AMC, HBO and Showtime can bump your cable package to well over $100.

Premium devices With all of this music and entertainment online, you’ll probably want a slick device to consume it with. You might consider a 16GB iPad mini with cellular connectivity, which will set you back $459. Or you could be cost conscious and pick up the ASUS Nexus tablet with Wi-Fi only for just $199.99.